Maryland community solar subscriber bonds.
From $125.
A subscriber organization in Maryland's community solar program (CSEGS) files a surety bond with the Public Service Commission. The amount scales with the capacity you operate, and pricing is 1% of the bond amount plus a $25 fee, with a $125 minimum.
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How much does a Maryland community solar subscriber bond cost?
1% of the bond amount plus a $25 fee, from $125. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
Enter your amount, consent to a soft pull, pay, and file with the Public Service Commission. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount your capacity requires, and the effective date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
File with the PSC
Receive the executed bond ready to file with your subscriber-organization registration. The original is mailed to you to sign and file with the obligee.
What it is and who needs it.
What the subscriber organization bond covers
Maryland's Community Solar Energy Generating Systems (CSEGS) program lets households and businesses subscribe to a share of a local solar project and receive credit on their utility bills. A subscriber organization markets, enrolls, and manages those subscriptions, and registers with the Public Service Commission to do so.
The bond runs to the PSC and protects subscribers and the program against a subscriber organization that fails to follow program rules, mishandles subscriber money, or abandons its obligations. It is a compliance and consumer-protection guarantee, not insurance for the organization.
The amount scales with the capacity you operate — under the program rules it has generally been set at $25,000 per megawatt of capacity above the first megawatt. The program began as a pilot and has since been continued; confirm your current required amount with the PSC, enter it here, and pricing starts from $125 — your exact price appears at the application.
You need this bond if you are
Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The term is set on the carrier’s application; the premium covers the period shown there.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with the PSC. Receive the executed bond ready to file with your subscriber-organization registration. The original is mailed to you to sign and file with the obligee.
What sets the price
The premium is 1% of the bond amount plus a $25 fee, $125 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, one soft pull.
Submit the application with the bond amount the PSC requires, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull — it never affects your score. Pricing starts from $125.
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Pricing from $125, soft pull only. Enter the amount the PSC requires and file your registration.